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Golden Hillock Road School

Monz said:
Hello folks. Does anyone remember a teacher called Barry Bowker from the 1970's and 80's. He was head of lower school and had a back injury caused by someone pulling a chair out from under him when he was sitting down as a young man.
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I remember Mr. Bowker ( with a slight bend in his back ) as deputy head under Mr. Parsons who I believe originated from S. Africa. I remember Mr Parsons being extremely strict and a tough disciplinarian who did not suffer fools or any nonsense! The school under , Mr. Parsons, was well run and a very successful school.

I studied at Golden Hillock Comprehensive from Jan 1970 to July 1975.
 
Yes I remember Barry Bowker as Deputy Head under Mr Parsons but at the same time do you remember the following - Mr Travers, Mr Timmins, Mr Flowers, Mr Brisco, Mr Heardman, Mr Dennis Watts ? That was the days !!!!!!
 
pjw1955 said:
Yes I remember Barry Bowker as Deputy Head under Mr Parsons but at the same time do you remember the following - Mr Travers, Mr Timmins, Mr Flowers, Mr Brisco, Mr Heardman, Mr Dennis Watts ? That was the days !!!!!!
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Yes I do! Mr Brisco ( Woodwork) , Mr. Watts ( Metalwork).

Also remember Mr Littlefoot ( PE) , Mr. Langley ( my English teacher in class 3Q where I used to sit next to Terry "Astro" Wilson from UB40 :) and Michael Virtue ( UB40 Keyboardist) was in the next door class :)

Mr. Heardman rings a bell - was he a PE teacher?
 
I remember Mr Matthews who used to take Cricket classes - I think he also smoked heavily?

I also remember Mr. Jones our Math's teacher who did not suffer fools gladly!
 
The twins Terry and Tony Wragg are my cousins.and both still live locally..My final year at golden hillock was 1962.form 4b...my form teacher was Mr Simkins .Some of my classmates that I can remember ..Keven Parry..Melvin Sollors...Teddy Matthews..I often wonder what became of them..
 
robroy said:
The twins Terry and Tony Wragg are my cousins.and both still live locally..My final year at golden hillock was 1962.form 4b...my form teacher was Mr Simkins .Some of my classmates that I can remember ..Keven Parry..Melvin Sollors...Teddy Matthews..I often wonder what became of them..
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My regards to Terry and Tony - I do hope they are keeping well :)
 
Some of the classmates of 2V in 1970 :

Kenneth Denny, Dilip Mistry, Rasila Kukadia, Kevin McDonough (?), Paul Burbage.
Racking my brain for the rest of my classmates and my form tutor's names who I remember smoked a pipe.
 
Raam said:
Yes I do! Mr Brisco ( Woodwork) , Mr. Watts ( Metalwork).

Also remember Mr Littlefoot ( PE) , Mr. Langley ( my English teacher in class 3Q where I used to sit next to Terry "Astro" Wilson from UB40 :) and Michael Virtue ( UB40 Keyboardist) was in the next door class :)

Mr. Heardman rings a bell - was he a PE teacher?
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Mr Heardman was the deputy head at one point
 
robroy said:
The twins Terry and Tony Wragg are my cousins.and both still live locally..My final year at golden hillock was 1962.form 4b...my form teacher was Mr Simkins .Some of my classmates that I can remember ..Keven Parry..Melvin Sollors...Teddy Matthews..I often wonder what became of them..
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Do they still live in Birmingham and are they married ? would love to know as we used to be good mates right from infants school I will post a picture of us if i can find it. Do they right on this forum ? Paul
 
pjw1955 said:
yep Mr Langley that used to throw Chalk or The Board Rubber at people that was not taking notice of him !!!!!
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The very same! Mr Langley was an accomplished voice actor too who voiced Shylock when we were reading The Merchant Of Venice. :)
 
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robroy said:
The twins Terry and Tony Wragg are my cousins.and both still live locally..My final year at golden hillock was 1962.form 4b...my form teacher was Mr Simkins .Some of my classmates that I can remember ..Keven Parry..Melvin Sollors...Teddy Matthews..I often wonder what became of them..
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I did see occasionally
Raam said:
The very same! Mr Langley was an accomplished voice actor too who voiced Shylock when we were reading The Merchant Of Venice. :)
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Yes I FORGOT THAT !!! I remember when he took some of us (inc Linda Shaw)who i married 47 years ago today to see it
 
pjw1955 said:
Do you remember Mr Scott the previous PE Teacher ?
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I remember Mr Scott. He was Third year Form teacher as well as a PE teacher in about 1966. Could not pronounce my name correctly but at least he tried. Always found him fair and seemed to command respect from all.
 
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berniew said:
View attachment 92532They must have had some talent there in 1953and probably a good sports teacher
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berniew said:
View attachment 92532 By Rod Liddiard. The sports teacher was Mr Rees pictured Centre. The two South Birmingham Trophies (League and Cup) were won in 1954. He had been my class teacher the year before During the 'Double' year I was in Miss Pargetter's class. In the final Year 54/55 I was in Miss Ashmore's class and we won South Birmingham Cricket Cup,
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Frankie Thrasher was skipper and Wicket Keeper I was one of the opening batsman and
opening bowler.. In the soccer team I was No 9. I am pictured back row on the left of the goalie (Len )and behind Denis Harvey , the captain No picture of the cricket team as we all went our seperate ways at he end of Term. Myself along with several other boys to Moseley Grammar School.
Golden Hillock Football 1954.jpgGolden Hillock 4a 1953_WEB.jpg
 
pjw1955 said:
Does anybody remember Terry & Tony Wragg that lived in Barrow Road and Linda Shaw (who I married 47 years ago) which now has MND
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Yes I remember them also ivor winters lived in barrows Rd his name was hill but mom changed it .and Mr chase the French teacher.
 
I was at golden hillock left in 1974 to work at cadbury for 30 years remember all those teachers yes very strict but did us no harm ,not like today teacher can't say a thing to little angels often wonder what happened to most remember evon Warmall I worked with her auntie at cadbury
 
pjw1955 said:
Does anybody remember Terry & Tony Wragg that lived in Barrow Road and Linda Shaw (who I married 47 years ago) which now has MND
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Ye I remember them I lived in medley Rd and my best mate lived in barrows Rd his name was ivor winters but did change to hill
 
tali said:
Nope bit before my, ahem, youthful time.Anyone recall Mr Tompkison art Teacher as he was longest serving?
The BBC did a docu in mid 80s on the school(it was only shown the one time).Sadly can't find any records/listings for the documentary.
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Yes he was my art teacher, a fantastic teacher. Probably one of my favourites at the school.
 
tali said:
Nope bit before my, ahem, youthful time.Anyone recall Mr Tompkison art Teacher as he was longest serving?
The BBC did a docu in mid 80s on the school(it was only shown the one time).Sadly can't find any records/listings for the documentary.
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My art teacher, one of my favourites, he was fantastic and easy going.
 
Hello! Sorry to reawaken an old thread, but just curious if anyone remembers my father, or other members of my family who all went to Golden Hillock Primary. My father is Paul Llewellyn - brothers David and Peter, sisters Bronwen, Marian, Rhona and June. My father was born in 1942. His family were from south Wales. I know his mum (my nan), Eva, lived in a place called Oreal Villas before moving to a council flat in Highgate, but I don’t know if that was the house he grew up in or where it is (was?) in Birmingham.

My father moved to Coventry in his late 20s, which is where I was born and grew up. My dad moved out to Germany for work when I was 21, he’s still there. He was a builder by trade. He told me a few stories about Golden Hillock Primary, including how they taught the children how to write in ‘copperplate’ handwriting. I had asked why his handwriting was the same as my auntie Bronwen’s, I hadn’t expected that they would teach such beautiful and neat handwriting in school.

My father said he and his brothers played a lot of rugby in school. My uncle David was a local tearaway as a little kid (in school as well as out) and apparently used to race the buses on his kids’ bike, and ‘get lost’ until he found a policeman, who would take him to the local police station and give him cake and tea until my Nan arrived to take him home (and tan his hide for being a pain!). My uncle Peter was quite the teddy boy and apparently got into trouble for smoking illicit substances. He was quite a little git in school too, by all accounts, and I don’t think he did very well. My father wasn’t a good pupil either, but of course you could easily still find a job back then in the trades.

I remember seeing a class photo at Golden Hillock Primary that included my aunty June, but I don’t know what year that was - my guess would be the late 1940s, perhaps the very early 50’s. The bobbed hair for girls was the fashion back then, perhaps left over from wartime, and that’s what I remember most from the photo.

I’m just curious if anyone remembers my father’s family.
 
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